Peace Parks Foundation is a non-profit organisation. The foundation has virtually all the powers of a normal company, but cannot have shareholders, and no profits can be paid to supporting members or directors.

Registration number: 1997/004896/08

Non-profit organisation number: 005-294 NPO

Public benefit organisation number: 130003729

In order to optimise the foundation’s fundraising potential, structures that allow donations to be made in a tax-efficient manner have been created in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the USA and the UK. Visit this page for more details.

The structure directing the Foundation's work is as follows:

FOUNDING PATRONS

HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands † 1 December 2004

Nelson Mandela † 5 December 2013

Dr Anton Rupert † 18 January 2006

HONORARY PATRONS

President Hage Geingob (Namibia)

His Majesty King Letsie III (Lesotho)

President João Lourenço (Angola)

His Majesty King Mswati III (Swaziland)

President Peter Mutharika (Malawi)

President Filipe Nyusi (Mozambique)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mr JP Rupert (Chairman)
Mr JA Chissano (Vice-Chairman)

Mr W Myburgh (Chief Executive Officer)

Mr TA Boardman

Mr NN de Villiers

Mr A Hoffmann (Switzerland)

Prof. A Leiman

Drs JHW Loudon (The Netherlands)

Ms LM Lynch

Mr M Msimang

Mr HL Pohamba (Namibia)

Dr FE Raimondo

Ms CC Rupert

Mr DF Strietman (The Netherlands)

Mr P van der Poel

Mr H Wessels

Senior Chief Inyambo Yeta (Zambia)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mr JP Rupert (Chairman)

Mr W Myburgh (Chief Executive Officer)

Drs JHW Loudon (The Netherlands)

Ms CC Rupert

Mr DF Strietman (The Netherlands)

Mr P van der Poel

Mr JJM van Zyl

Mr H Wessels

Mr Brad Poole

Ms Kathy Bergs

Ms Lize-Mari Lynch

AUDIT COMMITTEE

Mr H Wessels (Chairman)

Prof. A Leiman

Mr W Myburgh

Mr P van der Poel

REMUNERATION COMMITTEE

Mr JJM van Zyl (Chairman)

Mr H Wessels

Ms CC Rupert

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Mr Werner Myburgh (Chairman)

Mr Antony Alexander

Mr Craig Beech

Ms Kathy Bergs

Ms Loraine Bewsher

Mr Paul Bewsher

Dr Moscow Marumo

Ms Marina Faber

Mr Doug Gillings

Ms Lise-Marie Greeff-Villet

Ms Dyan Lee

Ms Lize-Mari Lynch

Mr Brad Poole

Mr Arrie van Wyk

CLUB 21 MEMBERS

Chairman: Mr Johann Rupert

Absa Bank

HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands †1 December 2004

Cartier

Chrysler Corporation Fund

Mrs HCM Coetzee †8 March 2016

COmON Foundation

Daimler

De Beers

Deutsche Bank

Dutch Postcode Lottery

The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations

Esri

Exxaro

Mr Paul Fentener van Vlissingen †21 August 2006

Donald Gordon Foundation

Fondation Hoffmann

Dr HL Hoffmann † 21 July 2016

Mr Neville and Mrs Pamela Isdell

Mava Fondation pour la Nature

Philips

Reinet Foundation

Remgro

Richemont

Rupert Family Foundations

Ms Pierrette Schlettwein

Swedish Postcode Foundation

Swedish Postcode Lottery

The Rufford Foundation

Turner Foundation

Total

Vodafone Group Foundation

WWF Netherlands

ADVISORY COMMITTEE

To assist with technical advice in the transfrontier conservation process and to provide a forum for discussion of cross-border challenges, Peace Parks Foundation established an advisory committee and invited representatives from the wildlife authorities of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states to serve in an ex officio capacity. The members of the advisory committee are: